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Anand Agricultural University, Anand

Anand Agricultural University (AAU) was established in 2004 at Anand with the support of the Government of Gujarat, Act No.(Guj 5 of 2004) dated April 29, 2004. Caved out of the erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU), the dream institution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. K. M. Munshi, the AAU was set up to provide support to the farming community in three facets namely education, research and extension activities in Agriculture, Horticulture Engineering, product Processing and Home Science. At present there seven Colleges, seventeen Research Centers and six Extension Education Institute working in nine districts of Gujarat namely Ahmedabad, Anand, Dahod, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Mahisagar, Botad and Chhotaudepur AAU's activities have expanded to span newer commodity sectors such as soil health card, bio-diesel, medicinal plants apart from the mandatory ones like rice, maize, tobacco, vegetable crops, fruit crops, forage crops, animal breeding, nutrition and dairy products etc. the core of AAU's operating philosophy however, continues to create the partnership between the rural people and committed academic as the basic for sustainable rural development. In pursuing its various programmes AAU's overall mission is to promote sustainable growth and economic independence in rural society. AAU aims to do this through education, research and extension education. Thus, AAU works towards the empowerment of the farmers.

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    INFLUENCE OF IRRIGATION AND FERTILIZATION ON YIELD AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MUSTARD (VARUNA)
    (AAU, Anand, 1979) PATEL, MOHANBHAI U.; Patel, N. A.
    A split-plot experiment was undertaken on loamy sand of Anand with a view to study the influence of irrigation and fertilization on yield and chemical composition of mustard (varuna). Irrigation intervals at 15, 25 and 35 days were tried as main-plot treatments. Three levels of N viz., 0, 50 and 75 kg N/ha and two levels of P viz., 0 and 50 kg P2O5/ha were tried as sub-plot treatments. Plant components viz., seed, stalk and shell were chemically analysed.
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    FIELD EVALUATION OF NEW INSECTICIDES AGAINST TOBACCO LEAF EATING CATERPILLAR SPODOPTERA LITURA (FABRICIUS)
    (AAU, Anand, 1979) PATEL, A. R.; Chari, M. S.
    Tobacco leaf eating caterpillar(Spodoptera litura F.) is a serious pest of Virginia, Bidi and Chewing tobaccos. The following new insecticides viz. Endosulfan 0.053%, pirimicarb 0.15%, phenthoate 0.1%, fenvalerate 0.01%, UC 51762 0.15%, methamidophos 0.12%, etrimfos 0.05%, quinal phos 0.05%, phoxim 0.075%, acephate 0.08%, monocrotophos 0.04%, phosalone 0.053%, trichlorfon 0.05%, carbaryl 0.1% and chlorpyriphos 0.04% were screened for their efficacy against S. litura. The results of two years (1977-78 and 1978-79) trial indicated that endosulfan(Endocel) 0.053% is the most effective and economic insecticide with an incremental cost benefit ratio of 1:29.0.
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    ECONOMICS OF BIDI TOBACCO CULTIVATION IN BARODA DISTRICT (GUJARAT)
    (AAU, Anand, 1979) PATEL, J. M.; SINGH, S. B.
    The main object of the present investigation was to study the economics of bidi tobacco cultivation in Baroda district (Gujarat). Out of 12 talukas in the district, 3 talukas, viz., Savli, Saroda and Padra were considered under study which accounted for 96.32 per cent of the total tobacco area in the district. A stratified two stage random sampling design with villages as the primary and operational holdings as the ultimate units of study was used for selecting the sample for this study. The study covered 9 villages and 92 bidi tobacco growers 30 small (below 2 hectares), 31 medium (2 to 4 hectares) and 31 large (4 hectares and above) farms. The study covered the agricultural year 1978-79 and data were collected by survey method during the months of April and May, 1979.
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    GAMMA-RAY INDUCED GENETIC VARIABILITY, POLLEN DISPERSAL AND SEED SET IN ISABGUL (PLANTAGO OVATA FORSK)
    (AAU, Anand, 1979) PATEL, DIWAKER R.; DALAL, K. C.
    Field experiments were conducted to study radio sensitivity of isabgul to gamma-rays, the effect of length, type, mode and duration of enclosures on seed set, the desirability of powerloom cloth bag for selfing whole plant and pollen dispersal in isabgul crop. (1) In M2 generation, positive significant shifts in means were observed for characters length of spike and number of tillers per plant. Mutagenic treatments of gamma rays increased variability in M2 generation in the progenies for most of the characters. Early maturing types were obtained from irradiated populations. The highest values of genetic variance accompanied by corresponding genetic parameters were observed at both, higher and lower doses of gamma rays for dofferent characters. Forty and eighty Kr doses of gamma rays were most effective in inducing variability for maturity and synchronous flowering.However, 40 Kr dose of gamma rays was suggested for improvement in other characters.
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    GENE EFFECT STUDIES IN BIDI TOBACCO
    (AAU, Anand, 1979) B., SASIKUMAR.; JAISANI, B. G.
    Bidi tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) is one of the important cash crops of India, especially Gujarat. Considering, the important of tobacco in national economy it is but proper that due attention is paid for its development as well as qualitative and quantitative improvement. But unlike fcv tobacco, information on the genetics of bidi tobacco is very scanty. A sound breeding methodology rests on the knowledge of gene effects governing yield and other agro-morphological characters as well as the genetic variability present in the base material. Hence, this study was undertaken to know the gene effects governing yield and other agro-morphological characters, genetic divergance existing among the bidi tobacco genotypes and genetic advance for cured leaf yield.
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    UTILIZATION OF Prosopis Juliflora PODS IN THE RATION OF ADULT KANKREJ BULLOCKS FOR MAINTENANCE
    (AAU, Anand, 1979) GUJARATHI, JAYANT M.; SHUKLA, P. C.
    The present study was conducted at the Animal Nutrition Department, Anand on Kankrej bullocks to study ‘the feasibility of utilizing Prosopis juliflora pods in maintenance ration’. A 4 x 4 Latin square design with 6 weeks period was followed. The four treatments consistedof 0 (control), 15, 30 and 45 per cent level of Prosopis juliflora pods in concentrate mixture and were designated as treatment T1, T2, T3 and T4 respectively. Each animal was fed daily with 2 kg of hybrid napier, mature pasture hay, ad-lib and weighed quantities of concentric mixture. The requirement of DOF and TDN were met as per Sen and Ray standard (1971). Feeding schedule was changed for each animal with a change of period.
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    KEEPING QUALITY OF BUTTER AND GHEE IN RELATION TO THEIR COPPER CONTENT
    (AAU, Anand, 1979) Chaudhari, Shantanu M.; Vyas, S. H.
    The present experiment was carried out to see the effect of copper content on keeping quality of butter and ghee. The cream having 42 % fat was pasteurized at 85°C for 20 sec. in which copper was added as copper sulphate solution at the rate of zero, 100, 200 and 500 µg/kg. Salted butter (2%) was prepared from he cream having added copper and stored at -10°C and 6°C. Simultaneously ghee was prepared from the respective batch of butter and stored at 6°C and at room Temperature (RT). The keeping quality of butter and ghee was studied for 20 weeks of storage period. The samples of butter and ghee were tested after interval of each five weeks for their quality parameters like Peroxide Value (PeV), Thiobarbituric Acid (TBA) Value, Free Fatty Acids (FFA) content and Flavour score. The copper content of butter and ghee were also analysed colorimetrically and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometrically (AAS).
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    EFFECT OF S-SOURCES ON ITS AVAILABILITY AS WELL AS YIELD AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ONION (ALLIUM CEPA L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 1979) Vakharia, Dinesh N.; Dangarwala, R. T.
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